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Jeff Bolton and family took a trip up to Cerro Noroeste this morning, west of Pine Mountain Club, and sent this image of May 27, 2019 Memorial Day in a white wonderland of very wet snow.
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Dionne Bolton caught this pot of gold at Fern's Lake in Pine Mountain Club on Sunday, May 26, 2019 at 5 p.m., and then snow began at 7 p.m.
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Peter Bogdanoff of Piñon Pines took this photo at about 4:20 p.m., Saturday, May 25, 2019 showing the surprising amount of hailstones that fell there and in Lockwood Valley. --See next photo--
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This classic car was on Lockwood Valley Road, Kimberly Oxford Hall reports, after a day at the Ridge Route Run car show in Frazier Park on May 24, 2019. "It was a cream puff Studebaker," Hall reported. At about 5 p.m. the Studebaker was on its way home, but got caught in the storm, hydroplaned and rolled over. Hall reports that the driver was able to get out. "There was heavy hail in the area that might have contributed to the crash," she said, adding: "He's fine, just very bummed out!"
UPDATE: Frazier Park, Lockwood Valley, Piñon Pines, Pine Mountain Club, the Grapevine, CA (Thursday, May 30, 2019 at 9 a.m.)—Showers fell over the Mountain Communities again this evening. Cloudy skies will be intermittent through the weekend with bright sunny skies predicted for next week
Detailed Forecast
Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around 45. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 45. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east after midnight.
Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. North northeast wind 5 to 15 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.
Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. Northwest wind around 10 mph.
Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 64. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. West wind around 10 mph.
Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. Light northwest wind increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 48. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. North wind around 15 mph.
Monday Night:Mostly clear, with a low around 51. West wind around 15 mph.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 72. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 52. West wind around 10 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 72. Northwest wind around 10 mph.
UPDATE: Frazier Park, Lockwood Valley, Piñon Pines, Pine Mountain Club, the Grapevine, CA (Monday, May 27, 2019 at 7 a.m.)—Decks and windshields may still be covered with snow in parts of the mountain communities this morning, but the roads are clear—except where they are not…so be vigilant. Bright skies are predicted for Memorial Day and throughout the week. See snow photos at right from early Monday morning by the Bolton family.
UPDATE: Frazier Park, Lockwood Valley, Piñon Pines, Pine Mountain Club, the Grapevine, CA (May 26, 2019 at 7 p.m.)— Yes, that was snow flying through the air again at 7 p.m. this evening. It’s wet out there, but the snow did not stick. The roads are wet, so slow down, sloooow down…. hydroplaning has caused an accident already this weekend. Stay safe. Memorial Day—tomorrow— is predicted to see clear skies. See the photos here to see snow, hail, and a hydroplane accident on Lockwood Valley Road.
UPDATE: Frazier Park, Lockwood Valley, Piñon Pines, Pine Mountain Club, the Grapevine, CA (May 25-26, 2019)— Emergency Flash Flood warnings Saturday came just before a hailstorm dumped massive hail in Piñon Pines [see Peter Bogdanoff photo]. The storm also caused a Ridge Route Run Car Show classic car to flip over on Lockwood Valley Road [See Kimberly Oxford Hall photo] at about 5 p.m.
Stormy skies are predicted for tomorrow also. Drivers are asked to be cautious and to avoid driving through flash flood waters. Monday is predicted to be calm, the National Weather Service said.
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service San Joaquin Valley CA 402 PM PDT SAT MAY 25 2019
Frazier Park
Lake of the Woods
Pine Mountain Club
Interstate 5 over the Grapevine
The National Weather Service in Hanford CA has issued a Flash Flood Warning for… South central Kern County in central California… * Until 700 PM PDT. *
At 401 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include… Bakersfield, Mount Pinos, Mettler, Frazier Park, Pine Mountain Club, Grapevine, Lake Of The Woods and Interstate 5 over the Grapevine.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… Turn around…don`t drown!
A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring. If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately. Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate precautions to protect life and property.
This is part of the May 31, 2019 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.
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